The Lord of the Rings, part 3: The Return of the King

J.R.R. Tolkien

ISBN 10: 0345339738 / ISBN 13: 9780345339737

Published by Ballantine Books, New York, 1986

About this Item

G/none, used, 117th printing, color illustrated stiff paper wraps, vii-xii, maps, 490pp. Interior clean, no marks, binding tight. Shelf rubbing to wraps, no chips or tears, corners slightly rubbed. The front cover has a reading wrinkle line diagonal the length of it.

Seller Inventory # 030119

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Lord of the Rings, part 3: The Return of the King
• Publisher: Ballantine Books, New York
• Publication Date: 1986
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0345339738
• ISBN 13: 9780345339737
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 5th or later Printin
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Seller catalogs:
  • Sci-fi and Fantasy

About this title

Synopsis

The awesome conclusion to The Lord of the Rings—the greatest fantasy epic of all time—which began in The Fellowship of the Ring and The Two Towers.

Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read

While the evil might of the Dark Lord Sauron swarms out to conquer all Middle-earth, Frodo and Sam struggle deep into Mordor, seat of Sauron’s power. To defeat the Dark Lord, the One Ring, ruler of the accursed Rings of Power, must be destroyed in the fires of Mount Doom. But the way is impossibly hard, and Frodo is weakening. Weighed down by the compulsion of the Ring, he begins finally to despair.

About the Author

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was born on January 3, 1892, in Bloemfontein, South Africa. After serving in World War I, he embarked upon a distinguished academic career and was recognized as one of the finest philologists in the world. He was a professor of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford, a fellow of Pembroke College, and a fellow of Merton College until his retirement in 1959. He is, however, beloved throughout the world as the creator of Middle-earth and author of such classic works as The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. He died on September 2, 1973, at the age of eighty-one.